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National Standards for Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections
Links to relevant organisations
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), USA
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), USA
- Australian Infection Control Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
- Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Northern Ireland
- Community And Hospital Infection Control Association – Canada (CHICA)
- Department of Health, UK
- Department of Health and Children, Republic of Ireland
- Dutch Workingparty on Infection Prevention
- Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (WHO)
- Health Canada Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines
- Health Service Executive
- Hospital in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS)
- Hospital Infection Society, UK
- Hand Hygiene Resource Center (USA)
- IDLINKS (infectious diseases societies worldwide)
- Infection Prevention Society (IPS), UK
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
- International Society for Infectious Diseases
- Johns Hopkins Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
- The Joint Commission (accreditation of healthcare organisations)
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Ireland
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, USA
- National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, CDC, USA
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), US Department of Labor, USA
- Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH), Health Protection Scotland
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), USA
- VICNISS Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System – Coordinating Centre, Australia
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Links to relevant journals
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Eurosurveillance
- Health Canada Communicable Disease Report
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Journal of Hospital Infection
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)
Links to relevant national documents
- Say No to Infection, Infection Control Action Plan, (HSE 2007)
- Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings (HPSC, 2005)
- Guidelines on Minimising the Risk of Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Healthcare Settings in Ireland (Department of Health and Children, 2004)
- National Guidelines on the Management of Outbreaks of Norovirus Infection in Healthcare Settings (NDSC, 2003)
- Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile associated disease in Ireland, (HPSC, 2008)
- The Prevention of the Transmission of Blood-Borne Diseases within the Health Care Setting, (Department of Health and Children, 2005)
- National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Invasive Aspergillosis During Construction/Renovation Activities, (NDSC, 2002)
- The Management of Legionnaires Disease in Ireland (NDSC, 2002)
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